Faucon vulgairem appellé Albanelle Reddish Albanella Falcon ; Faucon appellé en Toscane Barlette Falcon from Barletta?

by Maddalena Bouchard

$540 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A beautiful, exuberant image from one of the rarest colour-plate bird books 'Recueil de cent-trente-trois Oiseaux des plus belle especes'. Maddalena Bouchard may be considered by some as a primitive among bird artists; however, while her birds are not true to nature in the conventional sense, they have more exuberance and charm than almost any other ornithological art with the possible exception of Manetti's Ornithologia 1765-76 . Bouchard was also responsible for plates in

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